Local birder welcomes return of wood ducks Mon., March 12, 2012 Joseph Hautman of Plymouth, Minn., won the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Contest on Oct. 29, 2011, with his acrylic painting of a single ...

In this photo a female wood duck, called a hen, swims ahead of a male wood duck, called a drake. The drake is one of North America's most colorful birds. The range of colors on his head alone is ...

One of the few waterfowl species to reproduce in the Palmetto State is arguably among the most beautiful in the world. Wood ducks — aka “Carolina duck,” “Summer duck” or “woodies ...

An interspecies pair of Wood and Mallard ducks are finding love in Central Park, according to David Barrett of the Manhattan Bird Alert. These lovers come from different sides of the quacks.

Observing wood duck matting and nesting behavior on Chicago’s North Side, three Chicago-area Bassmaster all-staters and a question on handling invasive fish in Illinois are among the notes from ...